Toolik Field Station, Summer 2019, 2021, 2022
Antarctica, 2018-2019
Longyearbyen (Dicksonfjorden), Svalbard August 2018
Ny-Ålesund (Kongsfjorden), Svalbard April 2018
Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard 2017
Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard 2016
Bornholm Basin Cruise, Baltic Sea 2016
Results from this cruise have been published by members of the Center for Geomicrobiology.
Control on rate and pathway of anaerobic organic carbon degradation in the seabed
Control on rate and pathway of anaerobic organic carbon degradation in the seabed
Beartooth Plateau 2015
Antarctica 2014-2015
Utqiagvik 2013
Antarctica 2012-2013
Robertson Glacier, Canada 2011
American Dipper Study 2010 and 2012
While microbial ecology and biogeochemistry are the focus of my research, I am passionate about many aspects of biology and ecology. I was lucky to participate in a long term project led by Roarke Donnelly, Oglethorpe University, studying the trophic level interactions and impacts of chemicals used to eradicate invasive fish species. Roarke and I hiked through remote parts of the Montana wilderness to net and measure American Dippers (Cinclus mexicanus). These are fascinating birds that build nests in the most difficult-to-reach parts of mountain rivers to avoid predation. They also can swim for short distances in swift currents to forage for aquatic invertebrates.
Some of my favorite observations while conducting glacial field work in Montana and Canada, is observing these hardy birds foraging in glacial meltwater streams well above tree line. Their song and territorial vocalization are ubiquitous in the Rocky Mountain west. Once you see or hear one, you will always recognize a dipper.
This research has been published by Roarke Donnelly in a paper in Restoration Ecology.
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/rec.12674/full
Some of my favorite observations while conducting glacial field work in Montana and Canada, is observing these hardy birds foraging in glacial meltwater streams well above tree line. Their song and territorial vocalization are ubiquitous in the Rocky Mountain west. Once you see or hear one, you will always recognize a dipper.
This research has been published by Roarke Donnelly in a paper in Restoration Ecology.
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/rec.12674/full
